Exhibit 3.14
Students' School Alienation
Student Base: All students
Teacher Base: All teachers
% "A lot/Somewhat like me" (students)
Mean % of students (teachers)
Students
Teachers
Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3961 . . . . . . . . .1010
%
%
Are left out of things going on around them at school . . . . . . . . . .28 . . . . . . . . . . .30
What they think doesn't count very much at school . . . . . . . . . . .39 . . . . . . . . . . .51
Average . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 . . . . . . . . .41
These measures of alienation at home and at school were used to calculate a
Student's Alienation Index. While minority and non-minority students are equally
likely to feel highly alienated, several other aspects of students' lives are associated
with higher levels of alienation among students, including: low income, spending too
little time with parents, lack of confidence in achieving goals and a low quality of life
(Exhibits 3.153.16).
Exhibit 3.15
Impact of Race/Ethnicity, Income and Time with Parents on Students' Alienation
Base: All students
Race/
Family
Time Spent
Ethnicity
Income
with Parents
Hard time
Just enough
Non-
buying
or no
Can buy
Too
Just enough/
Total
minority
Minority
things
problem
anything
little
too much
Base . . . . . . .3961
2992 . . .493
203 . . . . .3070 . . . .681
941 . . . .3017
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
Alienation
Index
Low . . . . .22
23 . . . .22
8 . . . . . . .20 . . . . . .38
16 . . . . .24
Medium . .48
49 . . . .46
33 . . . . . .51 . . . . . .43
46 . . . . .49
High . . . .29
28 . . . .31
58 . . . . . .29 . . . . . .19
38 . . . . .26
45
